Around 500 million years ago, animals first ventured out of the oceans and onto land…

Since then, life has evolved in wondrous and unforeseeable ways to this new environment, with everything from dinosaurs to bats roaming around above the waves. And, in the case of ourselves, even venturing into orbit.

So, could life entering the cosmos be the beginning of a similar evolutionary leap?

Caleb Sharf, Astrobiologist with NASA and author of ‘The Giant Leap: Why Space Is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life’, joins Seán to discuss.

Today is World Philosophy Day. Seán’s guest believes that philosophy should be taught in Irish schools, just as it is in Italy, France and Germany, but why?

Vittorio Bufacchi, from the Philosophy Department at University College Cork, joins to discuss…

Endurance swimmer Daragh Morgan has been making headlines as the first person to swim around Ireland. The feat took 338 hours over the course of 5 months to achieve…

Daragh joins Seán to discuss his incredible achievement, and why he did it.

There’s a new authorised biography on Monty Python star Terry Jones: ‘Seriously Silly: The Life of Terry Jones’. The comedy legend’s biography features contributions from all of the surviving Pythons.

Joining Seán to discuss is author Robert Ross, a personal friend of Terry’s, and now also his Biographer.

The Republic of Ireland are playing the Czech Republic on March 26th in a World Cup play off, which makes us want to go down memory lane…

Are you jumping on the bandwagon?

Newstalk’s Henry McKean has been out asking the public, and joins Seán to discuss.

As the cold weather starts to bite, many listeners will be reaching for their winter woolies, but with complex labelling, how can you know if what you’re buying is genuinely wool rich, and how exactly should you care for your woolen garments? Joining guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss is Environmental Activist Moya Doogan, who runs the @environmentaleadai sustainable fashion media account…

The 26th year of the IFI French Film Festival kicks off today, featuring 22 Irish premieres and 34 titles across the twelve days. But, what else can people expect at Ireland’s largest French cultural event?

Joining guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss is David O’Mahoney, Head of Cinema Programming at the Irish Film Institute.

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Are Irish fizzy drinks having a revival? Ali Dunworth, Food and Drinks Writer, and author of ‘A Compendium of Irish Pints’, seems to think that minerals are back and on the up.

Ali joins guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss.